Tech Briefs - May 2019 - Vol. 43 No. 5

Features

• Application Briefs

  Additive Manufacturing Helps Soldiers Get Parts Faster

  Miniature Bearings Play a Major Role in Mars 2020 Mission

• Articles

  A Guide to Collaborative Robot Safety

  Products of Tomorrow: May 2019

  The Inside Story of Pico's 9400 SXRTO

• Q&A

  Q&A: NASA's Dr. Mahmooda Sultana Makes Multifunctional Sensors

• 5 Ws

  5 Ws of Foldable Mechanical Devices

• Facility Focus

  Facility Focus: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

• NASA Spinoff

  LED Lighting Improves Efficiency and Imaging

• Technology Leaders

  Changing the Automation Conversation

Tech Briefs

• Test & Measurement

  In-Situ Characterization and Inspection of Additive Manufacturing Deposits Using Transient Infrared Thermography

  Measurement Method for Radioactive Methane

  Radiometric Temperature Measurement Using a DLP-Based Pyrometer

  S-Curve Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Rhombohedron Epitaxial Growth with Molten Target Sputtering (MTS) at 500 °C Substrate Temperature

  3D Printer Uses Rays of Light to Shape Objects

  Electron Beam Heating and Atomic Restructuring of Sapphire Surfaces

  Method Shrinks Objects to the Nanoscale

• Software

  Machine Learning Tool Computes Flow Around Interactively Designable 3D Objects

  Fast and Accurate Simulation of Manufactured Parts with Defects

  Software Could Help Prevent Arrhythmic Heart Disease

  Technique Reverse-Engineers Complex 3D CAD Models

• Materials

  Metamaterial Mirror Reflects Sound Waves in Any Direction

  Material Could Make Plastic Manufacturing More Energy-Efficient

  Coating Prevents Fogging on Transparent Surfaces

  Transparent, Self-Healing Electronic Skin

• Electronics & Computers

  Bendable Electronic Paper Displays a Range of Colors

  Waterproof Graphene Electronic Circuits

  High-Performance, Current-Steering Digital-to-Analog Converter

  Singlet-Based Magnet for Enhanced Data Storage

  Medium-Frequency Transformer Transitions from AC to DC

Products

• New on the Market: May 2019

  Product of the Month: May 2019 Tech Briefs

• Briefs

  Novel Techniques Trick Object Detection Systems

  Pocket-Sized Imaging Device Improves Accuracy Of Epidural Placement

  Detect Ultra Rare Proteins in Blood Using a Cellphone Camera

  Tiny Optical Elements Could One Day Replace Traditional Refractive Lenses

  Researchers Create Smartphone System to Test for Lead in Water

• Applications

  Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy with ADAS

  Lighting the Gas Monkey Garage

• Articles

  Industrial Blue Lasers

  An Introduction to Time of Flight Imaging

  Advances in Laser Welding Technology

  Live Cell Imaging Using Holotomography

• Products

  New Products: May 2019 Photonics & Imaging Technology